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GHINA M. HALABI
Founder & Executive Director
Ghina is an astrophysicist born in a small village tucked among the thousand-year-old cedars of Mount Lebanon. A curious child, a toy’s motor and battery were her objects of fascination. As a school kid, she installed a light system in her dark blue bag to make it easier to find her books. She found physics challenging so it lured her into it as a major in college, and later as a Masters degree. She then did her PhD in Astrophysics, during which she studied the structure and evolution of stars. She is a public speaker at international conferences and global forums including TEDx, and the UN. She was featured as "Modern Muse for Astronomy" by the cultural magazine Postscript.
LYNN WAHAB
Programme Manager, PENTA
Lynn is a Lebanese computer science and psychology student at the American University of Beirut. Her parents always encouraged her to pursue her talent for maths and as a young adult, she wanted to do the same for others: she founded a student club to empower youth in refugee camps across Lebanon. At university, Lynn’s experience as one of the few female computer science students was disappointing as she was consistently ostracised by her male peers. She became motivated to reach out to other women in STEM. PENTA by She Speaks Science mentorship programme helps her verify the power of female representation.
Anita Krishnamurthi
Senior Advisor
Anita rejoined the Afterschool Alliance in August 2022 as Senior VP for STEM & Youth Engagement to design and lead the new CYESS initiative to actively engage young people in tackling problems that impact their futures - solutions to which are often rooted in STEM. Prior to rejoining the Alliance, Anita served as Head of Education and Learning at the Wellcome Trust, a global health philanthropy based in London. She has a PhD in Astrophysics and was the John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow at the American Astronomical Society. Prior to working at NASA’s headquarters and Goddard Space Flight Center, she worked at the US National Academy of Sciences. Anita serves on the Boards of the National Girls Collaborative Project and STEM Education Coalition in the US and Nobel Prize Outreach in Sweden.
FRANCESCA MELLE
Chief Translator (Italian)
Francesca is from Puglia in Italy where she studied Biotechnolgy and Nanobiotechnology at the University of Salento. After graduation, she came to Cambridge with the Erasmus programme and then spent 10 months as a visiting student in KAUST, in Saudi Arabia, working on 3D bioprinting. She is now in Cambridge doing her PhD in Chemical Engineering and working on cancer research. Francesca likes baking, playing tennis, volleyball and ultimate frisbee. She decided to join She Speaks Science to bridge the gap between the science community and the public, focusing on the accomplishments if thousands of women to inspire the future generation of scientists.
ROBERTA IACOVELLI
Communications Officer and Translator
Roberta is from Italy and graduated in Foreign Languages and Communication at the University of Salento. She also studied at City, University of London, where her research focused on the gendered stereotypes that influence people's career choice and work experience. As a PhD student at the University of Granada, she works on the representation of femininity, motherhood and maternity on social media during Covid-19 era. Roberta loves reading novels, traveling, art, and has two children. Her experience as a mother inspired her to work with She Speaks Science, as she would like her children to grow up in a more equal, fair, inclusive world.
ALFREDO CARPINETI
Content Editor
Dr. Alfredo Carpineti is an astrophysicist, journalist (IFLScience), science communicator, and social activist. He's the chair and founder of Pride in STEM, an award-nominated charity working to raise the profile and showcase the work of LGBTQ+ people working in STEM. He was one of the organisers of International Day of LGBTQ+ people in STEM.

 

Translators

 

FRANCISCA CONCHA-RAMÍREZ
MARTA FRÍAS CASTILLO
GUADALUPE CAÑAS HERRERA
ESTER ARANZANA MARTÍNEZ
JULIO HERNANDEZ CAMERO
MARIA CRISTINA FORTUNA
GABRIELLA DI GENNARO
ALESSANDRA CANDIAN
LAURA MORENO-LOPEZ
FEDERICA TORRE
ANIKA MEHLIS
DIANA MAHMOUD
BAYAN F. AL-KADI
AURORA ROMERO
HANADI NASRALLAH

 

Illustrators

 

ILARIA DECATALDO
IRENE SALINAS AKHMADEEVA
HELEN SPENCE-JONES
NAOMI DAVIES
MARTHA ROSAS VILCHIS

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